Fountain brush



June 2, 1925.

SEVERNS NTAIN BRUS Filed y' 1922 filLLIAM SEVERNS Patented June 2, 1925.

WILLIAM SEVERNS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FOUNTAIN nnusn.

Application filed July 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM SEVERNS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of 5 Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Fountain Brush; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and en act description of the same, reference being l had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a fountain brush adapted for receivinga fluid under pressure 1 interiorly thereof.

The invention concerns itself with a brush consisting of a pair of parallel portions or branches in spaced relation in combination with a. nozzle located between said parallel portions and so constructed and secured that the spraying fluid will be directed into the parallel branches.

The invention comprises the novel mechanism and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of this in vention, and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the different views:

Figure. 1 is an elevational view of the brush with the nozzle attached. Figure 2 is a view similar with parts shown in section.

Figure 3 is a section on the line Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of .the nozzle upon an enlarged scale.

to Figure 5 is a section upon the line 5-5 of Figure 2 upon an enlarged scale.

Fi ure 6 is a section upon the line of Figure 2 upon an enlarged scale.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view taken centrally through the securing block on the handle, showing the means for alining the nozzle with respect to the brush.

As shown on the drawings:

In referring now to thedrawings, which illustrate one embodiment of this invention, the numeral 1 represents a brush in which the bristles are secured or entwined upon a flexible support such as the double strands of wire 2 which are bent into an oblong shape providing a brush having two spaced parallel portions or branches joined by an to Figure 1 1922. Serial Nd. 575,321.

arcuate portion. The two branchesfof the brush are supported and maintained in spaced relation by means of a centrally apertured securing block 3 having suitably spaced apertures for receiving the 'endsof the wire 2, which may be clamped therein by means of the set screws 4 (Fig. 5). The securing block 3 is also provided in its front face with a socket for receiving a centrally bored handle 5. g The inner end of the handle may also be provided with spaced apertures the wires 2, precluding relative rotation between the block 3 andhandle 4.

A nozzle 6 in the form of a hollow tube is supported between the parallel branches of the brush by means of the block 3 and handle 5 through the central apertures of which the nozzle 6 extends, the outer end of the nozzle being provided with screw threads or the like for'receiving a nut or hose coupling 7 attached to a hose 8, and a nut 7 may portion to retain the nozzle when the base is removed. The portion of the nozzle between the branches of the brush is perforated at 6 in a single diametrical plane, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, so thatthe water or fluid will only be sprayed therefrom in opposite directions directly into the opposed branches of the brush.

In order to retain the nozzle in its proper or sockets to receive the ends of be threaded upon said threaded relation with the brush so that the plane of the perforations 6 thereof will pass through the central axes of the branches of the brush, an alining pin 9 is secured in the nozzle so that its two ends project slightly beyond the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 6, and alined grooves 9 are made in the inner face of the block 3 in diametrically opposite points of the central aperture to receive the ends of the pin, as shown in Figures 6 and 7,

whereby relative rotation between the nozzle and brush is prevented. It will readily be apparent that the pin 9 lies at right angles to the plane of the perforations of the nozzle and the grooves 9 in the block lie in a plane at right angles to the plane passing through the center lines of the branches of the brush; hence the nozzle will be retained by the pin so that the diametrically opposite series of perforations 6 will lie in the plane passing through the axes of the two branches. It is, however, obvious that the pin 9 may have any "angularity to the plane of the perforations if the alined grooves 9 have a Corresponding nngularity. The inner end of the nozzlenia'y beclose'dfby a cap 16 fit'tm'gorer the end thereof, or by a cap fitting -1-nteriorly thereof and of1a diameternogreater than the nozzle so that there will be less liability of interference with the object upon which the brush is being used. I

From the foregoing it will be apparent that, the nozzle is so constructed and a-lined that it will only spray water 'throi'igh di 'ametricelly oppo ite ,ipoints whieh liefin a plane passing through both "of the longitu'di-nal axes of the branches of'ft he brush s'oft'hat a better saturation of the brush will range without departing froin'th'e principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated "by the prior art,

I o'laiin as my invention: In a fountaln brush; a 'pair 'of spaced parallel scrubbing elements, a nozzle disposed :t-herebetween having perforations di-' rected only toward said scrubbing elements, a pin extending through said nozzle, a supporting block for the brush having an aperture for receiving said nozzle, said block having alined grooves on opposite sides of said aperture for receiving 'saidpin .to hold said -nozzle in proper position with its perforations directed toward said scrubbing elements, and a hoHow handle "secured to said block for receiving the outer portion of said nozzle interiorly thereof.

b In testimony whereof I have :hereunto'subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lVitne'sses r C ARLES W. HILLs, Jr. CARLT N HILL. 

